#kia labeija

[notchainedtotrauma]

“I don’t know everything, I just do everything.”

— from Sula by Toni Morrison

from top left to bottom right: Adrienne Raquel, Kia Labeija, Renell Medrano, Kennedi Carter

#Toni Morrison #Adrienne Raquel #Kia Labeija #Renell Medrano #Kennedi Carter

[riotgrrrlhole]

These are my goals everytime I dance at the market

#kia labeija #voguing #she is sooo beautiful #Vogue femme #oldway #dance goals #voguing goals

[photoarchive]

Kia LaBeija, Untitled #5, 2018

[dear-indies]

fc masterlist updates:

fc wishlist:

Blake Patrick Anderson (?) - is queer - actor.

Alex Thomas-Smith (?) - non-binary - they/he - actor, model, instagrammer.

fat/plus size:

Ali Adel (1998) Egyptian - actor. 

Laura Adlington (?) - instagrammer.

disabled:

Alex Parra / alex1leg (2000) - instagrammer and youtuber.

updated that Gabe Adams come out as a trans woman**

black lgbt:

Alex Thomas-Smith (?) - non-binary - they/he - actor, model, instagrammer.

updated Yasmin Benoit's ethnicity**

nonb:

Diana King (1970) Afro-Jamaican / Indo-Jamaican - non-binary and lesbian - they/them/it - singer-songwriter.

Zanele Muholi (1972) Black South African - non-binary - they/them - artist and visual activist.

Honey Mahogany / Alpha Mulugeta (1983) Ethiopian - non-binary - she/they - drag artist and singer.

Thishiwe Ziqubu (1985) Zulu South African - non-binary - he/they - actor, director, and writer.

Honey Davenport / James Heath-Clark (1986) African-American - non-binary they/them - drag artist and singer.

Caldwell Tidicue / Bob the Drag Queen (1986) African-American - non-binary, pansexual and poly - he/her - drag artist, comedian, activist, musician, songwriter, and reality television personality.

IRAWNIQ (1986) Mexican / African-american - genderfluid and lesbian - she/they - singer and rapper.

Ian Isiah (1989) Afro-Trinidadian - pangender and pansexual - he/him - singer, director, and artist.

E. / MHYSHA (1990) African-American - non-binary - they/them - artist and singer.

Monét X Change / Kevin Bertin (1990) Afro-Saint Lucian - non-binary - drag artist.

Dahlia Sin / Erick Anthony (1991) Afro-Brazilian - non-binary - drag artist.

MegaGoneFree (2001) African American - non-binary and pansexual - she/they - singer-songwriter.

Megane Mercury (?) Black Spanish - non-binary - he/she/they - model and singer.

Anjimile (?) African-American - non-binary - he/they - folk musician.

Yves Tumor (?) African-American - non-binary - they/them - singer. 

Dreamcrusher (?) African-Ameirican - non-binary - they/them - singer.

Maxi Glamour (?) African-American -  non-binary - they/fae - drag artist and reality star.

Maya Finoh (?) African-American - non-binary - they/them - model. 

Squishyykins (?) Black - agender - it/its and any pronouns- Instagrammer.

Hollow Eve / Caitlin Crandall (?) African-American - non-binary - they/them - drag artist - tw for horror imagery. 

Alex Thomas-Smith (?) - non-binary - they/he - actor, model, instagrammer.

Grove (?) Black British - non-binary and queer - they/them - DJ.

updated Sonny Kiss' pronouns**

trans:

Louïz (1984) Réunionese - singer, dancer, Miss International Queen France 2020, and choreographer.

Jazell Barbie Royale (1987) African-American - model and singer.

Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile (1988) Motswana - singer, performance artist, and writer.

Kia LaBeija (1990) African-American / Filipino - artist - is HIV positive.

Backxwash / Ashanti Mutinta (1991) Zambian - rapper and producer.

Bobrisky (1992) Nigerian - internet personality and actress.

Gabe Adams-Wheatley (?) Brazilian - has Hanhart syndrome, is a wheelchair user and congenital amputee - is trans - Instagrammer.

Kelet (?) Somali - model and actress.

Kokumo (?) African-American - singer and poet.

KC Ortiz (?) African-American - artist, rapper, musician, writer, and entertainer.

#rph #rpc #fc help

[blurry-focus]

Seven Years of Bad Luck (2014) © Kia LaBeija

Courtesy Fotografiska New York

#kia labeija #prepare my heart #black and white portrait #blackandwhitephotography #bwportrait #cracked mirror #activist #bipoc #visual artist

[imagerymoodboard]

Dance with me

sources: 1 2 3 4

#wlw moodboard #sapphic moodboard #joviale #aamito lagum #imaan hammam #sunita mani #shakira barrera #kia labeija

[yourdailyqueer]

Kia LaBeija

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: 18 March 1990

Ethnicity: African American, Filipino

Occupation: Artist, photographer, dancer, drag artist, activist, actress

Note: Has HIV

#Kia LaBeija #transgender #trans woman #queer #1990 #poc #black #african american #asian #filipino #biracial #artist #photographer #dancer #drag artist #actor #hiv #popular #popular post #200

[clubkidandcollectives]

Kia La’Beija

#Kia LaBeija #house of labeija #ballroom

[ahistoryofanxietyandanxietyand]

Kia Labeija (She is both the photographer and the subject) for W Magazine

#Kia Labeija #the poetics of the Black body #color theory #Black performance: a sublime artistry #light and such #theory of bodies in space #Black cultural productions #visual art; when Black artists create

[wave-jumper]

#pillar point #kia labeija

[adesireforhealing]

Kia Labeija

#the internal life of Black women #Kia Labeija

[notchainedtotrauma]

“And what has been my sharp becomes my specificity, and what has been my barbs become my wings.”

from Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

from top left to bottom right: Kia LaBeija, Kennedi Carter, Deana Lawson, Demetrius Washington, Nydia Blas, Renell Medrano, Mark Elzey, Chrisean Rose

#Kia LaBeija #Kennedi Carter #Deana Lawson #Demetrius Washington #Nydia Blas #Renell Medrano #Mark Elzey #Chrisean Rose

[queeringarthistory]

Kia Labeija

The First Ten Years, October 2014, digital photograph, self-portrait, “24 Series,” via Visual Aids

Kia and Mommy, February 2014, digital photograph, self-portrait, “24 Series,” featuring the artist’s mother, via Visual Aids

In My Room , January 2014, digital photograph, self-portrait, “24 Series,” via Visual Aids

Mourning Sickness , February 2014, digital photograph, self-portrait, “24 Series,” via Visual Aids

“Kia LaBeija is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in the heart of New York City’s theatre district, Hellz Kitchen. Her work explores the intersections of community, politics, fine art and activism. As a visual artist she stages digital portraits as theatrical and cinematic re-imaginings of non fictional events to spark conversation, complicating the way we view her subjects and the spaces in order to occupy. Her Portraiture utilizes the medium of story telling, to preserve histories, and make sociopolitical commentaries on current events. She is a featured artist in Art, AIDS, America, along side Keith Haring, Annie Leibovitz, Nan Goldin and Robert Mapplethorp, where she is the only representation of a female artist of color living with and born with HIV. A performer by nature, LaBeija is a member of the Iconic House of LaBeija and uses Voguing as a performance practice and community based work. She can regularly be seen walking functions in the underground House/Ballroom scene holding titles from The New York Awards Ball, The Latex Ball, and House Dance International. As a voguer she has performed and curated events in collaboration with MoMa PS1, The Brooklyn Museum, AFROPUNK, H&M, Fergie and Red Bull Music Academy. She speaks frequently in public on the subject of HIV/AIDS and is an advocate for under represented communities living HIV positive including long term survivors, women, minorities and children born with the virus. As a public speaker she has been invited to speak at The CUNY Graduate Center, New York University, and The New York Public Library. She has been honored in POZ magazine’s POZ 100 list of HIV/AIDS activists under 30, and HIV Plus Magazines 20 most amazing HIV Positive Women, featured in VICE, The New York Times, Paper Magazine and Time Out New York. She has studied at prestigious institutions such as The Juilliard School, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and The New School University.“ via Visual Aids

#kia labeija #queer #queer art #queer art history #queer history #art #art history #history #lgbtqia #pride #blackout #black history month

[interpretationsofculture]

From: https://visualaids.org/artists/kia-labeija

This is one of Kia LaBeija’s photos, which shows her in her prom dress during an HIV check-up. More about this photo can be found here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/feb/01/kia-labeija-best-photograph-hiv-aids-interview

#ioc2020 #ioc #pbc #pbc2113 #HIV #Kia LaBeija #photography

[ummaannex]

World AIDS Day: Alternate Endings, Radical Beginnings

Join UMMA and the Student Engagement Council for Visual AIDS’ 28th Day With(out) Art, honoring World AIDS Day. This year’s screening features Alternate Endings, Radical Beginnings, a collection of short video works by contemporary artists exploring Black narratives within the HIV/AIDS epidemic, curated by Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett. 

A paneled discussion will follow, led by Bré Campbell, founder of the Detroit-based Trans Sistas of Color Project; Leon Golson, director of Prevention Programs for Unified HIV Health and Beyond; and Demarion Longmire, a Health Corps Fellow at HIPS in Washington, D.C.

We hope you can join us for this special event.

This event is free and open to the public; for more details, see the flyer below or visit our Facebook page

#world aids day #day without art #visual aids #trans sistas of color #Mykki Blanco #cheryl dunye #ellen spiro #reina gossett #thomas allen harris #kia labeija #tiona mcclodden #brontez purnell #HIV/AIDS #aids epidemic #umma #university of michigan museum of art #university of michigan

[clubkidandcollectives]

Voguing with Kia LaBeija | The Scene

#Kia LaBeija #house of labeija #ballroom